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Dan Walsh : pressing matter / texts, Dominic van den Boogerd, Paula van den Bosch and Bob Nickas.

Title
Dan Walsh : pressing matter / texts, Dominic van den Boogerd, Paula van den Bosch and Bob Nickas.
Author
Walsh, Dan, 1960-
Publication
Maastricht : Bonnefantenmuseum, c2019.

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Additional Authors
  • Bonnefantenmuseum.
  • Boogerd, Dominic van den.
  • Bosch, Paula van den.
  • Nickas, Robert.
Description
87 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 26 cm
Summary
Based on the renewed interest in abstract painting that has been evident for a while now in a younger generation of artists, the Bonnefantenmuseum has developed an exhibition programme with a revisionist slant. The exhibition Pressing Matter by Dan Walsh (1960 Philadelphia) is presented in this context. The ornamental abstraction of this veteran American painter is rooted in the economical visual idiom of minimal painting from the 1960's and 70's. Perceptibly inspired by artists like Sol Lewitt (1928 Hartfort, Connecticut - New York 2007), whose work forms an important cornerstone of the Bonnefantenmuseum's collection, Walsh's painting is created within the strict parameters of a grid and square, and follows self-imposed rules and procedures. Although most of the compositions consist of complex combinations of different decorative structures, they appear relaxed and natural, as though they have casually adapted themselves to the picture plane. Looking at the patterns in his paintings evokes a world of associations, ranging from ornamental architecture to fabrics from all corners of the world. Walsh thus succeeds in bridging the gap between a modernist tradition that strives for autonomy and the collective history of applied arts. Exhibition: Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands (25.10.2019-12.01.2020).
Alternative Title
Pressing matter
Subjects
Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at the Bonnefantenmuseum, January 25, 2019 - January 12, 2020.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
  • 9789072251800
  • 9072251806
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries